Writer's Challenge 3

Oh, boy! I'm typing fast in an effort to snag #1!!

I get those three confused as well as its and it's. I'm an English
major and I get those confused. Oh, and you'll find that I get your and
you're confused; as well as my grammar. You will also find that I use
ain't alot.

 For those interested, a Nocturne chat will take place tonight at 9 pm EST (dont ask me the other timezones, please.)

want to see what it is like on the other side so would like to volunteer to be a judge this round...I am still going to write the piece but only for the practise...

 Write on everyone:)

Peace out...

Yes, the rules state that the first 3 volunteers can be the judges.

However, since I started playing on this board last summer, it's always been the winner of one challenge will automatically judge the next and ask for volunteers if he/she wishes.

I actually like it the way we're doing it.

It's like: you win, you get a reward. And you can share it if you wish.

That's about the only reward we get for the hours we put into our entries.

What say the rest of you?

I went to the challenge rules and didn't see that the winner turns into the judge but that certainly seems fair to me...so I will be looking for volunteers to judge but dont feel you have to shout out yet...

Sorry for being such a newbie but this way other newbies can learn the ropes as well...

I am really enjoying myself on this site...it has been interesting to read others writing...and to write for the challenges. I like emailing others as well, and getting to know each of you...

Lou, I haven't forgotten you...I am going to try to get those books out to you this weekend...end of the year is always so busy...and it seems as though the end of year stuff is so involved...I was asked to speak a tribute for a retiring teacher so need to work on that...and I have been haranging 90 staff to contribute to the PPSTA raffle for student scholarships...someone suggested moving the raffle to earlier in the year because the retirement parties are expensive, and the gifts for the retirees as well. Plus, I run the little school store and will be putting that to bed at the end of the month, and ordering supplies early. but the store is fun... and some day I might get to retire so I want people to come to my retirement party, right? So it is all in the works for now...

dang, no wonder I am so tired! But this summer is for writing... 

Of course, now I'll have to keep up with you guys like white on rice, lol.

Dee 

I'm here.  I'm heading to the chat.  I just got back from a very first meeting of a romance book club at the local library.  Gail Barrett was there too!!!  She's cool!

Nini :)

The Nocturne chat was fun last nite! I wish more of you had come.  Jules was there, as was Star and Fandl...myself included.  Oh...and Nudie Lou.  (sorry! I just had to add that in).........

Spoke with an author or two...got to read the beginning of a book (very very cool!)....and have fun with some friends.

Thanx Lou for the invite!

Just an FYI...

I was driving into work today and saw this absolutely gorgeous man, dressed in full military dress getting into a big pick up truck.  My mind was racing and thinking of all the things i could do with that man and his truck...

I got to work, got settled and sat down to type. Fifteen minutes later, i've got just under 800 words of, what i think could be, a spice brief!  Nice...i like when that happens.

Nini :)

of course i use real life situations to help spur on the creative muse. my family is well aware that anything that happens may end up in an animated short. - or a story. *evil grin*

some of my heros are created from some of the most interesting guys i've met. 

Definitely draw from life around me...maybe not as quickly as you but like others...anything that happens in my life or around me is fair game! 

In fact, the hero in my WIP is based on one of my favorite ex-boyfriends...and he knows it...I told him it was the only way I could change him...LOLOL  DH thinks it's kind of warped, but we're all friends, so he gets a good chuckle...

Katherine, we'd ALL be like a kid in the candy store there...except maybe Lou and Vince

Lulu - excellent challenge!

I was at the cafe having a coffee while the kids were at the library and teen dd looks over my shoulder to see what I was scribbling. I told her it was a list of possible scenarios for the 'desert island'.

She says, "You gotta have a stalker, Mom!"

I rolled my eyes b/c to her, a book isn't 'great' unless it has a stalker. (She practically knocks me over if I have a LI Suspense in my hand.)

I told her she should write one with a stalker but she said she didn't have time. Then she flounced off to chat with a friend about the 3 hrs of reality TV she'd watched the night before!

So, I'm getting quite excited except for one problem...only 1,000 words?

It's really not that hard. June chat starts at 8, July chat starts at 9, etc and etc. but sure if you want me to email you, whats your email?

Thank you...after I posted it I looked at the challenge and thought...too simple? but then when it's simple the writer's can use more imagination and range, right?

Thanx...it's been there for WEEKS!!!  So glad you finally noticed.

Nini :)

NINi...I had your old pic showing until the day before yesterday!  The one with the blue top.....weird eh?  I'd have noticed your pretty little face as soon as you changed it!

are you working today?

Nini, a man in uniforn is very sexy.. even better out, I agree! LOL. And about what you asked earlier...sometimes I get ideas from anywhere.. just a what if while driving down the road, a song, seeing someone - or a couple - cross the street, a fantasy, a dream, or even a memory.

it don't matter what kind of uniform either. my man was Navy and a scuba diver to boot. i think he looks sooooo sexy when he's got all his scuba gear on. mmmm...

woo hooo sue! got my fingers crossed for you! congrats on sending!

involving men in uniform and handcuffs.  Every single night.  Every freakin' single night....

 Ack!!!!!!!!!

Nini :)

My husband Jerry bought a black jeep wrangler (we still have it) and when we went to pick it up, he was wearing:

Black boots
Black tee shirt
Black leather vest
Black jeans

I said.................**THUD**  OOOhhh baby!!!!

After 20 years, and all the weight we've both put on...if that man puts on the same outfit (in a different size), i'd still jump his bod!

Nini :)

seen some pretty hot UPS guys...

It's a sign...write the story...one woman, and a troop of all men...all want her...but she only wants the one she can't have...because...he is....gay!!! sorry, couldn't help myself, got carried away...ok he's married to a woman who is brain dead and lingering... that gives it pathos and makes it ok for the hot sex scenes...and in the end she can gracefully expire leaving him free to marry the hot babe who loves men in uniforms.

tada!

6 men and 1 woman? Whew girl!!!!!! Let's see, how would you choregraph that one?.. um, one over there.. and one here, oh no I mean behind here...oh and two right here and here. and.....Sheesh!

Good thing they all find their own woman or that would be one tired heroine!

Nini, go get yourself some of that handsome hubby. ;)

If someone could pull off 6 heros and one heroine, I'd love to read it.... heh

SueB, whose already had 2 glasses of wine to celebrate her vacation...

You said six men and one heroine and even with my dirty mind, all I could think was...God, the LAUNDRY pile!

I've just got two males and I can't keep up! (No offense, Lou!)

Dee